According to biologists, death is the total cessation of life processes that eventually occurs in all living things.

State health officials said people who had suffered total cessation of lung and heart function could still be declared dead.

Fortunately, with total cessation of the medication marked improvement occurs.

Thus a path would be opened to a quick and total cessation of nuclear tests.

The whole objective was to bring about a total cessation of violence.

There were a number of factors that led to my total cessation of eating.

Needless to say, the total cessation of eating has not been easy.

Before any negotiations can start, however, Israel demands a "total cessation of violence."

This in turn could cause a total cessation of effort and motivate the person to quit.

Exacerbating this situation is the nearly total cessation of new rental housing construction.